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mckennatimberlake

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On admission to a psychiatric unit, a client with obsessivecompulsive disorder (OCD) folds and unfolds her clothes and arranges and rearranges them in the drawers for an hour. What is the most appropriate nursing intervention for this client?
 
  A) Explain to the client that she must come out of her room and join the others in the dayroom.
  B) Give the client a task to complete to get her mind off the ritual.
  C) Allow the client as much time as she wants to perform the ritual.
  D) Take the client by the hand and say, It's time to go to group therapy now.

Question 2

You are a psychiatric nurse working with a client who feels a strong need to be in control at all times.
 
  Which of the following therapeutic communication techniques would MOST appropriately encourage this client to consider a new treatment approach? a. You've come to me for expert advice, yet you reject the treatment option that I suggest.
  b. Would it help you to talk with people who have tried those treatments themselves?
  c. Let's go back over these treatment options to be sure you have your facts straight.
  d. This chapter out of a textbook that I edited is the best source of information about these treatment options.



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paavo

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B
The best response by the nurse would be to say, Would it help you to talk with people who have tried those treatments themselves? The nurse is using the technique of suggestion, which is used to encourage a client to consider a specific option or asking the client to consider an alternate means of coping with a particular situation.




mckennatimberlake

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


essyface1

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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